Fly Boy Heroes: The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients of the Air War Against Japan

by James H Hallas and James H. Hallas

Book Overview

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John W. Finn, though suffering multiple wounds, continued to man his machine gun against waves of Japanese aircraft attacking the Kaneohe Bay Naval Station during the infamous Pearl Harbor raid. Just over three years later, as World War II struggled into its final months, a B-29 radioman named Red Erwin lingered near death after suffering horrific burns to save his air crew in the skies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811771318
• ISBN13: 9780811771313
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"